PARKES, Kineton (1865-1938)
CL Leek 1891-1911
He resigned to pursue a literary career in London and may be remembered, not for several indifferent novels, but for Sculpture of today (2 vols, 1921) and The art of carved sculpture (2 vols, 1931).
b. 1865 Aston Manor
educ. King Edward Grammar School and Mason College, Birmingham
principal of Nicholson Institute, Leek from 1891
ed. of Library Review, 1892-3
author of numerous papers
(YB 1897, 163)
CL Leek 1891-1911
He resigned to pursue a literary career in London and may be remembered, not for several indifferent novels, but for Sculpture of today (2 vols, 1921) and The art of carved sculpture (2 vols, 1931).
b. 1865 Aston Manor
educ. King Edward Grammar School and Mason College, Birmingham
principal of Nicholson Institute, Leek from 1891
ed. of Library Review, 1892-3
author of numerous papers
(YB 1897, 163)